| Food materials | Common adulterants |
| Cereals such as wheat, rice | Mud, grits, soapstone bits. |
| Dals | Coaltar dyes, khesari dal |
| Haldi (Turmeric) powder | Lead chromate powder |
| Dhania powder | Starch, cow dung or horse dung powder |
| Black pepper | Dried seeds of papaya, |
| Chilli powder | Saw dust, brick powder |
| Tea dust/leaves | Blackgram husk, tamarind seeds powder, saw dust, used tea dust |
| Coffee powder | Date husk, tamarind husk, Chicory, |
| Asafoetida (Hing) | Sand, grit, resins, gums |
| Mustard seeds | Seeds of prickly poppy-Argemone |
| Edible oils | Mineral oils, argemone oil, |
| Butter | Starch, animal fat. |
| Ice -cream | Cellulose, starch, non-permitted colours, |
| Sweetmeats | Non-permitted colours. |
| Fresh green peas in packing | Green dye |
| Milk | Extraction of fat, addition of starch and water |
| Ghee | Vanaspati |
